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(Originally posted late 2010. Minor edits to bring it current) I made an appearance at my hometown’s annual Pumpkin-Fest the first weekend in October. It’s one of those festivals with 1⁄2 ton pumpkins that are less round and more simply massive, multi-dimensional squash. Family was the driver for going but the opportunity to clean up … Read moreCircles

I don’t FB but if I did I know the first Like I’d give would be for Heat. Just Heat. I hate being cold–not so much that I hate it as that it doesn’t agree with my body. Never has. When we were kids we camped all the time along rivers–even if they were not … Read moreHeat: 1 Cold: Zero

Forty-five years ago we witnessed the first moon landing, moon walk(s) and moon launch back to Earth. I don’t recall hearing much about it when I grew up. I was aware of it but science discussions to this degree were not part of our dinner table lexicon. Which was ok. We talked at length about … Read more45: Number of the Day

I’ll miss The Monsoon. The Haboobs. The torrential winds and rains that have you convinced your entire house will either be swept off its concrete slab foundation or be drowned in the years-worth-of-rain-in-a-day downpours or be stranded for days because the washes to your home have become active and authorities have closed the one and … Read moreBeware the Monsoon